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Last Posted: Sep 13, 2019

• Heart Failure in the Era of Precision Medicine: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
  Cresci Sharon et al. Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine 2019 Sep HCG0000000000000058
• Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal achievement in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia in countries outside Western Europe: The International ChoLesterol management Practice Study.
  Blom Dirk J et al. Journal of clinical lipidology (4) 594-600
• Scotland strikes deal to offer cystic fibrosis drugs
  B Christie, BMJ, September 13, 2019
• Creating genetic reports that are understood by nonspecialists: a case study.
  Recchia Gabriel et al. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 2019 Sep
• How Immunotherapy Might Be Used to Treat Heart Failure- Modified immune cells may be trained not just to attack cancer, but any cells in the body that cause disease
  G Kolata, NY Times, September 11, 2019
• Genetic Risk of Arrhythmic Phenotypes in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  M Gigli et al. JACC, September 2019
• The influence of the microbiome on respiratory health.
  Wypych Tomasz P et al. Nature immunology 2019 Sep
• Transfusion Complications Monitoring
  CDC, 2019
• Association of a School-Based, Asthma-Focused Telehealth Program With Emergency Department Visits Among Children Enrolled in South Carolina Medicaid.
  Bian John et al. JAMA pediatrics 2019 Sep
• Contribution of genetics to visceral adiposity and its relation to cardiovascular and metabolic disease
  T Karlsson et al, Nature Medicine, September 9, 2019
• First gene therapy for β-thalassemia approved
  C Harrison, Nature Biotechnology, September 9, 2019
• New Opportunities With School-Based Telehealth: Convenient Connections to Care.
  Frey Sean M et al. JAMA pediatrics 2019 Sep
• Successful engraftment of gene-corrected hematopoietic stem cells in non-conditioned patients with Fanconi anemia
  P Rio et al, Nature Medicine, September 9, 2019
• Thirtieth Anniversary of Cystic Fibrosis Gene Discovery
  Francis Collins, NIH Director's blog, August 2019
• Predictive value of genomic screening: cross-sectional study of cystic fibrosis in 50,788 electronic health records
  JP Sugunarajav et al, NPJ Genomic Medicine, September 5, 2019
• Assessment of Deep Learning Using Nonimaging Information and Sequential Medical Records to Develop a Prediction Model for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer.
  Wang Hsiao-Han et al. JAMA dermatology 2019 Sep
• Practical Approach to Genetic Testing for Primary Immunodeficiencies.
  Chinen Javier et al. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2019 Aug
• Randomized clinical trial of computerized PAINRelieveIt® for patients with sickle cell disease: PAINReportIt® and PAINUCope®.
  Dyal Brenda W et al. Patient education and counseling 2019 Aug
• Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Hunter Ruth F et al. PLoS medicine 2019 Sep 16(9) e1002890
• The epidemiology of sickle cell disease in children recruited in infancy in Kilifi, Kenya: a prospective cohort study.
  Uyoga Sophie et al. The Lancet. Global health 2019 Aug